Photograph, McClary Picnic from Mrs. Hames Gilda and John Hames
DateEarly 20th Century
Dimensions20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image: 12.3 x 17.3 cm (4 13/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Image: 12.3 x 17.3 cm (4 13/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 2015
Object number2015.026.036
Label TextThe McClary Manufacturing Company organized events to build employee morale. This included Christmas parties at which workers’ children received small presents such as this plate. They also included company picnics where workers and their families engaged in different activities such as this tug of war. And they included ceremonies to recognize long service such as banquets for those who worked for the company for 25 years or more. Catherine Ellah, grandmother of Gilda Ellah Hames, the donor of the photograph, worked for a tinware factory in London, according to the 1911 census. It seems likely that that tinware factory was McClary's.
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